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Genesis 8:2

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2 A zavříny jsou studnice propasti i průduchové nebeští, a zastaven jest příval s nebe.

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Arcana Coelestia #846

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846. Verse 3 And the waters receded from off the earth, going back and forth, and the waters abated at the end of a hundred and fifty days.

'The waters receded from off the earth, going back and forth' means fluctuations between truth and falsity. 'The waters abated at the end of a hundred and fifty days' means that temptations came to an end. 'A hundred and fifty days' means here, as previously, the finishing point.

  
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